Places cjohns36 Wants to Go

This tiny garden was built specifically to provide a place of peace and serenity away from the busy city streets.

This architectural wonder of Mexico City houses several art schools and national research centers.

The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.